Improvement in baling-presses



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PETER PHILIP, OF HUDSON, AND I). J. STOPHILBEEN, OF SOHODACK, N. Y.

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To a/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, PETER PHILIP, of Hudson, in the county of Columbiaand State of New York, and PETER J. STOPHILBEEN, of Schodack, in thecounty of Rensselaer and State aforesaid, have invented a new andImproved Fress for Baling Purposes; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification7 in which- Figurel is a side elevation of our invention;Fig. 2, a side view of the saine with the side of the press-box nearestthe eye removed for the purpose of showing the interior; Fig. 3, ahorizontal section of the same, taken in the line :t x, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to an improved baling-press of that classin whichside levers are employed for operating the plunger.

rlhe invention consists in a novel and simple means for elevatingl theplunger at thecommencement of its work, whereby the levers at such timemay be nearly or quite in a horizontal position, and several advantagesobtained over the ordinary baling-presses, as will be hereinafter setforth.

The invention also consists in a simple means for insuring a horizontalmovement of the plunger, andalso in an improved arrangement of the heador cover of the press-box,wliereby the filling of the latter and theremoval of the bale therefrom are greatly facilitated.

To enable those skilled in the iart to fully understand and constructour invention, we will proceed to describe it.

A represents the press-box, of rectangular form, and provided with aplunger, B, which works or moves upward during the pressing operation.

G C represent the side levers by which the plunger is operated, andwhich are attached one to each end of the plunger by a pivot or joint,a, said levers being each connected by arms D to the stationary rods orbars E at the lower end of the press-boX, the upper ends of said armsbeing connected to the levers C by pivots b, and their lower ends beingfitted loosely on the rods or bars E, the latter being underneath thepivots or joints c of the levers C C, as shown in Fig. 2. On each of therods or bars E thereis placed a loose pulleyfF, and to the under side ofthe plunger B there is attached a pendant having a pulley, H, at itslower end, the latter being in line with the center of the space betweenthe pulleys FF.

I represents the rope through the medium of which the levers G C areoperated to force the plunger B upward. One end of this rope is attachedto the lower end ofthe framing of the press-box, as shown at c, and saidrope passes around pulleys J J at the ends of the levers C C, over thepulleys F F on the rods or bars E, and underneath the pulley H, attachedto the plunger B, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 2. Bythis arrangement it will be seen that when the plungerB is down andthe'levers G C in a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, therope I, when pulled, will throw up the pulley I-I and plunger B, as saidpulley will be down below the pulleys F F, over which the rope I passes,and the plunger in rising carries upward7 of course, the inner endsofthe levers C, so as to bring the pivots or joints a above the pivotsb, which connect the arms D to the levers C, and the rope I is thenallowed to act directly upon the levers C to throwor force upward theplunger B.

` If the pulley H were not employed and arranged in connection with therope I and pulleys F F, as shown, the levers C O could not be allowed todescend to ahorizontal position,

as they could not be acted upon by the rope in consequence of the pivotsb and pivots or joints a being in or nearly in the 'same horizontalplane. In order to obviate this diffrculty, the ordinary presses of thisclass are provided with deeper press-boxes than that in our improvement,and with proportionably longer levers C, so that the joints or pivots aare not allowed to descend to the level of the pivots b hence theadvantage of our improvement will be seen. XVe are enabled to use apress-box and framing of a less height or depth than usual in order tocompress bales of a given size, for the plunger B is allowed vto descendto thebottom of thepress-box, and no allowance required to be made foran oblique position of the levers, either as regards the length of thesame or the height of the press-box and framing, and the press beinglower it -may be filled and the bale removed therefrom with greaterfacility. Vie would tend the whole height of the press-box, and

remark that although the pulley H has been I described as being attachedto the plunger B, still it may be connected to an independent frame, thelatter', when elevated, pressing against the under side of the plunger.yThe same result, it will be seen, is obtained in either case. Theplunger B, in this class of presses, is quite liable to be elevated orforced upward out of a horizontal position, one end being raised abovethe other, thereby causing much friction in the opera-tion of the press.We obviate this difficulty as follows: The press-box A has two verticalslots, c c, made in it at two opposite sides. These slots eX- theplunger B has two vertical bars or strips, d d, attached to it, whichwork in the slots c c', the latter being at the centers of the sides ofthe press-box, and the bars or strips d d at the centers of the twosides of the plunger B. These bars or strips are of sufficient length tohave a good bearingsurface in the slots c, and effectually prevent thetilting or tipping of the plunger B- out of a horizontal position.Instead of the strips or bars d d, friction-rollers may be employed (twoor more) at each side of the plunger, and placed at such a distanceapart at each as to effect the same result.

K represents the head or top of the press boX, against which thematerial in the latter is compressed. This head or top is attached atone end by a joint or hinge, L, to the upper part of the framing of thepress-box, and said head or top is counterpoised by a weight, M, whichrenders the elevating of the head or top comparatively easy. Vhen thehead or top is down, it is secured in a closed state by a fastening, N,arranged in any proper way. The advantage of this arrangement ofthe heador top K admits of the upper end of the pressliasse boX being perfectlyunincumbered in filling it and in removing a bale therefrom. The usualvway is to hinge the head or tip to the press-box or framing at itsside, or arranging it in such a manner as to slide laterally out fromthe same, and this serves as a great obstruction.

Ve are aware that it is common to hinge the tops of baling-presses bytheir sides; but this necessitates the use of a link or catch applied ateach end of the top to secure it while the press is working. By our modeof hinging the top at one end we are enabled to use the hinge also asthe means of securing that end, and thus require but a single link orcatch at the other end.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The employment or use of a pendant pulley or bracket, H, or itsequivalent, arranged relatively with the plunger B, rope I, levers C C,and the pulleys F F, or equivalent rope-guides, so as to throw up theplunger B when the latter is at the bottom of the pressbox and thelevers C C in a horizontal position, as herein set forth.

2. The strips or bars d d, attached to the plunger B at two oppositesides thereof, in combination with the vertical slots c c in the sidesof the press-box A, all arranged substantially as and for the purposeherein specified.

3. The combination of the boX A, head or top K, hinge L, and fasteningM, all constructed, arranged, and operating as specified.

PETER PHILIP.

BETER J. STOPHILBEEN.

Witnesses:

Trios. S. J. DOUGLAS, Gno. W. REED.

